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The fortress has been built during 1377-1380 (1382?) as a border citadel of the Hungarian Kingdom, defending one of the main road towards the Southern Carpathians territory. Some are connecting it with Dracula's Legend, but in fact, it has never been the property of Wallachian princes. After 1498, the fortress was under the rule of the town of Brasov. In 1917, the town donated the castle to the Emperor of Austro-Hungary. After the end of World War I, the castle has been donated once again by the city of Brasov, but this time to Queen Mary Of Romania (Marie of Edinburgh). After her death, in 1938, the castle passed to Princess Ileana's (lately Mother Alexandra) property, Queen Mary's daughter, and the archduke Anton of Habsburg's wife. After the forced abdication of Romania's Royal Family (1947), the castle passed into Romanian state property, and in 1950 was granted as National Monument. Nowadays, it is a museum.

Ph.D. Bogdan-Florin POPOVICI, Brasov, Romania (bogdanpopovici@yahoo.com) (with some corrections)

Easily mistaken as Dracula's castle
Please remove if this is breaking rules, text is copied from http://www.draculascastle.com/html/branint1.html

Bran castle should not be mistaken for the actual Castle Dracula (now in ruins), which is located on the Arges River, at a more secluded site.

Prince Vlad spent, I believe, one night there. Hence the 'Dracula's Castle' legend. Vlad was a Romanian, not Transylvanian prince (when they were separate entities). 76.80.13.225 20:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

comment: TOTALLY DRACULAS CASTLE. it was draculas castle back from the former family of Habsburgs. -Anonymous —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.68.170.185 (talk) 19:47, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Bran Castle
Bran Castle is almost always at the top of the list of Famous Castles in Romania. Bran Castle is often called "Dracula's Castle" because of rumors that Dracula once lived in that very castle. But some say it is not true. So a discussion has to be made. The question almost everyone has is-- is Bran Castle REALLY Dracula's castle? We just have to see. I've done heaps of research and I've decided that Bran Castle may be Dracula's Castle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.185.4.184 (talk) 21:47, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I've done heaps of research too and I've decided that elephants can fly. 178.27.90.232 (talk) 11:52, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Bran Castle may not have been the home of Vlad the Impaler, the Count Dracula of legends, but it was the filming site of the 1991 movie "Subspecies" and it's fictitious vampire Radu Vladislav. i've done research and realized WE NEED JESUS! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.255.78.219 (talk) 01:21, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

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Frankenstein
While Dracula may not be connected to Bran Castle, it seems Frankenstein is https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12473242.the-true-story-of-frankenstein-and-draculas-bloody-fight-to-the-death-life-imitates-art-two-of-literatures-scariest-characters-actually-crossed-paths-in-mediaeval-times/ If someone wants to add this, feel free

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"Not Dracula's Castle"
This article seems to be insistent on a belief that Bram Stoker didn't know about Bran Castle.

In fact, it is possible that he read about it, as it appears in one of his reference books, Charles Boner's "Transylvania: Its Products and Its People." The book in question even contains an illustration of it.

It would be a stretch to declare that it was the "inspiration" for Bram Stoker's "Castle Dracula", but the possibility of Stoker knowing of it can't be ruled out.Lonious (talk) 10:26, 25 February 2021 (UTC)


 * On the Bran Castle official website they address this in more detail. See here

Joss (talk) 11:12, 28 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Keep in mind, though, that the folks who run the castle have everything to gain by encouraging that notion. Just saying. – AndyFielding (talk) 11:52, 17 August 2022 (UTC)

Referat in engleză
Castelul Bran 188.27.152.157 (talk) 16:03, 6 February 2023 (UTC)